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Hey,I wanna start making up some ska lines(you should know if you ever checked out my creating good basslines thread).Well are there any certain scales that ska bassists use?Some bands I'm thinking of are:

hey Velkov dont worry about it. i didnt see you post anything of use though. did i help at all? it is a useful scale and i know i have a lot of learning to do but i was trying to help all that i could.

Originally posted by old_skool hey Velkov dont worry about it. i didnt see you post anything of use though. did i help at all? it is a useful scale and i know i have a lot of learning to do but i was trying to help all that i could.

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old_skool, that is a major scale, that is the most basic scale. Every musician uses that. Its what all other chords, scales, and even keys are built off of.

From what I have heard, I believe ska bassists just use basic major, and minor scales. Not positive though. They just throw in some cool riffs over them. I dont listen to ska too much

So are you saying it would have been better off if I just didnt post anything, even if it were semi educational? The point of talkbass is to help. Even if I only did a little, a little is better than none. I wasnt sure how to post it. I didnt know if I should post the note names, so assuming he is a novice ( no offence ), which I have no idea if he is, I thought that this would be the most helpful. Im no theory buff and I really am not that knowledgeable when I comes to this stuff. Im learning. I helped all I could.

Originally posted by old_skool So are you saying it would have been better off if I just didnt post anything, even if it were semi educational? The point of talkbass is to help. Even if I only did a little, a little is better than none. I wasnt sure how to post it. I didnt know if I should post the note names, so assuming he is a novice ( no offence ), which I have no idea if he is, I thought that this would be the most helpful. Im no theory buff and I really am not that knowledgeable when I comes to this stuff. Im learning. I helped all I could.

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Sorry old_skool, I was simply trying to inform you of what the scale you pointed out was, and gave you some information. You have a point though about TB, people do tend to pounce on others who they think know less then them. And you were right, most Ska people do play the major scale, so you gave a correct answer. For future reference, though I would try to avoid posting with tabs. People tend to think wrongly of you then. Everyone just isnt as smart as everyone else. Maybe people should try to be more educational than critical

tabs aren't that bad. now think about it, not all of us can read proper music notation and tabs give these players a chance to learn new stuff. playing bass is for everyone now leave us be.
and because i haven't said anything useful yet, frankencow, i say don't worry about what people say is the 'right' way to play ska. if you're in a band just play something that sort of fits, and maybe in a few years people will want to learn that cool new style which that frankencow dude made up.

Ska is a very good but overlooked style of music when it comes to bass.

Ska is a very basic three chordal kind of music

a ska song is usualy just as simple as punk rock

ex.

four Chords: C,G,F,A
in punkrock the bassist usually strum the note in 8th or 16th
punk
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Id agree with that, ive never been able to read music, ive tried and failed, see in middle school, the only instruments they gave us were xylophones, maracca's and triangles, so i have a dislikeing for notation